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Even recently, the sums have been between £20,000 and £28,000 to a widow; from £5,000 to £10,000 to an adult child; and from £3,000 to £10,000 to an elderly parent who loses an adult son. That is really not a lot of money.
It requires the details of all visits made for whatever reason or purpose outside the UK to be registered subject to exceptions in paragraph 7(2) of schedule 1, which excludes visits"the travel and other costs of which––(a) are wholly met––(i) by the member;(ii) by the member's spouse or cohabitee;(iii) by the member's mother, father, son or daughter;(iv) b...
However, my biggest wish is for many more youngsters to play the game. I am the son of a miner and was brought up in a mining village where we played football morning, noon and night.
I attended two universities and have four sons who attended university, so the subject is of more than mere academic interest to me, as it no doubt is to many members—I accept what Duncan McNeil said about that.My colleague Murdo Fraser set out our proposals for addressing the challenge of funding the welcome increase in the uptake of further and higher edu...
I support the motion. I declare an interest, as my two sons are registered players with Livingston Football Club and I am a minority shareholder in Hibernian Football Club.
When I lived in a village in Galloway, I used to pile my two then small sons into a big pram, tie the Irish setter's lead to the handle and set off on a weekly pilgrimage to pick up the child benefit.